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(80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 01 Jan 2018
by jappe
Another piece inspired by 80's synthpop
Another tune where I had luck in convincing my dear son to participate with backup vocals, heard in the intro.
Any feedback, impressions most welcome!
I'm specially interested if the balance between vocals/music sounds good to you.
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* Soundbanks/refills for Reason by Bitley(bitley.laconicsounds.net).
Details about the Bitley sounds used can be found in this post
* Jiggery Pokery's Steerpike Delay and Chenille Chorus to make anything shine
* Synapse GQ-7 EQ to cut and boost.
* Seligs Leveler for fixing vocal dynamics.
* Onyx Tube Limiter to tame the peaks.
* Ochenk's Carve to get things out of the way
* Adobe Audition for manual tinkering,
* Mastered through emastered.com
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 02 Jan 2018
by RTFX
Very well balanced! But lets not kid eachother; youve got an impressive amount of experience under the belt.
Good lyrics too. Food for thought.
I myself would either turn down the vox a notch or turn up the synths. But thats because i’m a sucker for that 80s synth sound. I love that saw bassline!
I like your songstructure. Not your regular intro-verse-chorus-verse-bridge-thing, but it seems more progressive to me.
Keep it up! Let your son do more vox. On to the next.
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 02 Jan 2018
by jappe
RTFX wrote: ↑02 Jan 2018
Very well balanced! But lets not kid eachother; youve got an impressive amount of experience under the belt.
Good lyrics too. Food for thought.
I myself would either turn down the vox a notch or turn up the synths. But thats because i’m a sucker for that 80s synth sound. I love that saw bassline!
I like your songstructure. Not your regular intro-verse-chorus-verse-bridge-thing, but it seems more progressive to me.
Keep it up! Let your son do more vox. On to the next.
Thanks for feedback and kind words!
My son has a nice voice character, hope to get him to sing all vocals in a song before end of 2018
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 09 Apr 2018
by Namyo85
Not bad, sounds a bit like Jon & Vangelis. )
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 10 Apr 2018
by jappe
Namyo85 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2018
Not bad, sounds a bit like Jon & Vangelis. )
Thanks for feedback!
I listened a lot to Jon & Vangelis in the 80s and beyond.
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 14 Apr 2018
by raymondh
I listened again to this track. It's great. The rhythm of it really suits the way you sing.
I also had a listen to another track "Sunray". I really liked Sunray up to 2:24, but not so much the last half of the song that is a much more staccato sounding and quite busy.
Lack of Luck flows really well throughout I think.
Memories Of You is also great with a more traditional timing that works really well with your vocals.
They're all great tracks of course! And very nicely produced!
cheers
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 14 Apr 2018
by WongoTheSane
Wow, impressive. Driving forward all the way through. Nice voice too, and superb mixing!
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 14 Apr 2018
by jappe
raymondh wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
I listened again to this track. It's great. The rhythm of it really suits the way you sing.
I also had a listen to another track "Sunray". I really liked Sunray up to 2:24, but not so much the last half of the song that is a much more staccato sounding and quite busy.
Lack of Luck flows really well throughout I think.
Memories Of You is also great with a more traditional timing that works really well with your vocals.
They're all great tracks of course! And very nicely produced!
cheers
Many thanks for feedback!
For Sunray my idea was to make the song shift direction. I've got negative feedback more than once about doing this in some other songs. I think there's a part of me who wants to make a Genesis song that moves in different directions.
I'll put Wind and Wuthering on my play queue to get inspiration how to make those shifts more smoothly
And the outro is quite busy indeed, my intention was to end the song while at highest intensity.
Basically I applied the as many bass notes as acceptable I could fit in the slots where the bass drum wasn't playing, and also added some distortion sharpness on the bass.
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 14 Apr 2018
by jappe
WongoTheSane wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
Wow, impressive. Driving forward all the way through. Nice voice too, and superb mixing!
Many thanks for encouragement
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 14 Apr 2018
by raymondh
jappe wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
raymondh wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
I listened again to this track. It's great. The rhythm of it really suits the way you sing.
I also had a listen to another track "Sunray". I really liked Sunray up to 2:24, but not so much the last half of the song that is a much more staccato sounding and quite busy.
Lack of Luck flows really well throughout I think.
Memories Of You is also great with a more traditional timing that works really well with your vocals.
They're all great tracks of course! And very nicely produced!
cheers
Many thanks for feedback!
For Sunray my idea was to make the song shift direction. I've got negative feedback more than once about doing this in some other songs. I think there's a part of me who wants to make a Genesis song that moves in different directions.
I'll put Wind and Wuthering on my play queue to get inspiration how to make those shifts more smoothly
And the outro is quite busy indeed, my intention was to end the song while at highest intensity.
Basically I applied the as many bass notes as acceptable I could fit in the slots where the bass drum wasn't playing, and also added some distortion sharpness on the bass.
Good stuff! It is good to experiment and try different techniques.
A couple of things I've learned;
- keep it simple. I've tried some sophisticated timing things which fell flat and the advice from a professional Jazz musician was the reason is that people tend to like simpler stuff rather than complex.
- contrasts. Like you did in going for a different feel for 2nd half of the song, another technique is to have contrast between the layers eg a busy bassline contrast with legato pads, or a busy melody contrasted with a fairly simple bassline. Same with vocals. Quite a few commercial songs use this technique, and switch it around between verse and chorus as part of keeping interesting, building tension etc.
cheers!
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 15 Apr 2018
by jappe
raymondh wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
jappe wrote: ↑14 Apr 2018
Many thanks for feedback!
For Sunray my idea was to make the song shift direction. I've got negative feedback more than once about doing this in some other songs. I think there's a part of me who wants to make a Genesis song that moves in different directions.
I'll put Wind and Wuthering on my play queue to get inspiration how to make those shifts more smoothly
And the outro is quite busy indeed, my intention was to end the song while at highest intensity.
Basically I applied the as many bass notes as acceptable I could fit in the slots where the bass drum wasn't playing, and also added some distortion sharpness on the bass.
Good stuff! It is good to experiment and try different techniques.
A couple of things I've learned;
- keep it simple. I've tried some sophisticated timing things which fell flat and the advice from a professional Jazz musician was the reason is that people tend to like simpler stuff rather than complex.
- contrasts. Like you did in going for a different feel for 2nd half of the song, another technique is to have contrast between the layers eg a busy bassline contrast with legato pads, or a busy melody contrasted with a fairly simple bassline. Same with vocals. Quite a few commercial songs use this technique, and switch it around between verse and chorus as part of keeping interesting, building tension etc.
cheers!
Thanks for sharing tips!
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 15 Apr 2018
by Micha1973
A sweet 80s sound..and the voice too. there are some things to do but i like it*
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 10 May 2018
by FHtH
Very good sound!
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 12 May 2018
by jappe
Micha1973 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018
A sweet 80s sound..and the voice too. there are some things to do but i like it*
Thank you!
Any improvement suggestions on weak spots are most welcome!
Re: (80s vibe synthpop) Lack Of Luck
Posted: 12 May 2018
by jappe
FHtH wrote: ↑10 May 2018
Very good sound!
Thanks for listening
